Originally Posted by
Campag4life
Greg...can you explain how this happens?
Fred latches on. Fred feels kinda OK sitting in the back. Fred's turn at the front comes. Fred hammers to hold the pace. Fred can't hold the pace so slows down. Guys behind him are braking, slowing down, and trying to guage what Fred is trying to do.
As to indignant....some riders who ride in a dedicated group are just plain unfriendly and don't want others to join. I or my friends aren't like this and we always enjoy riders to join us but not everybody feels this way.
IME, this is exceedingly rare (so much so that I've never seen it) if the remora are able to work through and ride safely and not just accordion at the back.